Article holder



Jan- 2% 119260 L57L J. P. EUSTIIS ARTICLE HOLDER Filed March '7 1923 Y INVENTOR. 7297? I? Eaatzls A TTORNE Y.

Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. EUSTIS, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS; JAMES W. EUSTIS, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, WARNER EUSTIS, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, GRANT B. EUSTIS, F WATER-TOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND FRANK OWEN WHITE, 0] BROOK- LINE, MASSACHUSETTS, EXECUTORS OF SAID JOHN P. EUSTIS, DECEASED.

ARTICLE HOLDER.

Application filed March 7, 1923. Serial No. 623,520,,

7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN P. EUSTIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, county of Middlesex, and State of a Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an article holder 10 in the form of a rack to be secured to a wall or other support, and an object of 'the invention is to so construct the rack that it may bemade of one piece of material, which is struck up and formed to provide article'- 16 engaging members which co-operate' with undulat ons in the body of the holder to support articles, such, for example, as toothbrushes. Other objects are to provide a simple, practical and efficient rack for holdto ing articles.

These being among the chief objects of the present invention, thesame consists of certain features of construction, to be hereinafter described and then claims with reference to the accompanyin drawings showing two embodiments of t e invention, and in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the article holder;

Fig. 2 is a top or edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof;

Fig. 4 is another form in front elevation;

Fig. 5 is a top view thereof; and

Fig. 6 is a cross section of Figs. -l and 5 Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the article holder is preferably composed of a strip or body 10 of sheet material, such as brass or other metal, the said strip or body being cut longitudinally so as to form successive pairs of parallel slits 11. The strip or body 10 is so bent as to provide two series of continuous undulations 12, which extend lengthwise thereof, and an intermediate series of ontinuous undulations 13,-the undulations 12 being bowed rearwardly, and the undulations 13 forwardly. Pairs of slits 11 are equidistantly spaced apart at intervals less than the length of each pair.

The undulations are connected by short webs 14. Connecting webs 15 are intermediate of the several series of undulat ons and angular end-portions 16, 17. Said webs 14, 15 intersect the relatively large, regularly spaced and closely successive loops formed by the combined undulations, in substantially one vertical plane, when the rack is viewed edgewise, as in Fig. 2, so that the undulations 12 and 13 are respectively bowed in opposite directions away from said webs. The parts 17 of the angular end-portions constitute ears, and they are novided with holes 18 for receiving attac ing nails or screws. It will be noticed that when the device is secured to a wall by the ears 17, all of the undulating portions of the device will stand out and away from the wall, thus supportmg a tooth-brush, for example, entirely out of contact with the wall. A tooth-brush is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Any des red number of loops may be provided, for supporting as many tooth-brushes or the like.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the main portion of the undulating metallic strip 19 remains the same as. previously described,

but in the forwardly-bent undulations gaps 20 are formed, thus leaving at the sides of each gap fingers 21, 22. These fingers act as the article-engaging members for supporting the articles when they are inserted through the loops formed between the undulations.

'When the improved article holder is constructed as shown and is white-enameled, it can be made very attractive; and it may also be made in various ornamental designs.

What I claim as new is:

1. An article holder, comprising a strip of material which is slitted longitudinally by successive pairs of slits equidistantly spaced apart at intervals less than the length of each pair, the slitted portions hence being joined by relatively short webs, and the strip having undulations which extend continuously longitudinally thereof and are bowed away from said webs, in one di rection, at opposite sides of the pairs of slits, and also having undulations which are formed from the material intermediate of the slits of the successive pairs of slits and are bowed away from said short webs in opposite direction to aforesaid undulations,

the strip presentin edgewise a series of relatively large, regu arly spaced and closely successive loops, and attaching means at each end of the strip.

2. An articleholder, comprising a strip of material which is slitted longitudinally by successive pairs of slits e uidistantly spaced apart at intervals less tian the length of each air, the slitted portions hence being 'oined by relatively short webs, and the strip avin undulations which extend continuously dongitudinally thereof and are bowed away from said webs, in one direction, at opposite sides of the ears of slits, and also ll having undulations w ich are formed from the material intermediate of the slits of the successive pairs of slits and are bowed away from said short webs in o to aforesaid undulations, t e strip presenting ed ewise a series of relatively large, regular y spaced and closely successive loops,

posite direction additional webs at the ,ends of the series of 1005s and lying in the same plane as aforesai webs, and attaching means at said end webs which extend rearwardly beyond the series of loops sufficiently to support the recited elements of the strip away from the support to which it is attached by said means.

JOHN P. EUSTIS. 

